8/18/2008 @ 6:00AM

In Pictures: Hip-Hop's 20 Biggest Earners, 2008

13. Jonathan “Lil Jon” Smith

$11 million (tie)

The silver-toothed rapper/producer is the self-titled “King of Crunk,” a bass-heavy, club-thumping subgenre of Southern rap. Lil Jon became a radio sensation himself in 2004 with an appearance on Usher’s hit single “Yeah!,” which was punctuated by Lil Jon’s trademark exclamations. That year he partnered with liquor baron Sidney Frank (now deceased) to create the energy drink Crunk Juice. His 12-pound, 73-carat “Crunk Ain’t Dead” medallion holds the world’s record for largest diamond pendant.